from the Eastern Archipelago. 213 



the anterior femora also arc much stouter, and have a large 

 triangular tooth beneath. 



Dcedania mesoJeuca. PI. XV. fiff. 1. 



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D. obovata, nigra ; rostro prothoraco paulo longiore, castaneo, fortiter 

 crebre punctato, basi qixinquelineato ; antennis piceis ; protho- 

 race utrinque fero iiarallelo, subtiliter granalato-punctato, maciilis 

 duabus, una apicali, una basali, lateribusquo niveo-squamosis ; 

 elji:ris striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis, uniseriatini granu- 

 latis, plaga magna basali subtriangulari, scutellnm includcnte, 

 niveo-squamosa ; corpora infra, medio excepto, femoribus basi, 

 tibiisque medio niveo-squamosis, reliquis tarsisque nigris ; fenio- 

 ribus posticis corpus superantibus ; tarsia anticis dilatatis, ciliatis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Mysol. 



One of my specimens, apparently a female, has the anterior 

 tarsi also dilated, but to a less extent. 



Dcedania meleagris. 



D. oblongo-obovata, nigra ; rostro basi lineis abbreviatis minus ele- 

 vatis ; antennis testaceis ; prothoraco utrinque rotundato, crebre 

 punctato, squamis silaceis irrorato, maculis duabus, una aiucali, 

 una basali, lateribusque etiam duabus, sed majoribus, niveo- 

 squamosis ; elytris striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis angustis, 

 uniseriatim granulatis, squamulis silaceis maculatim dispositis, 

 macula communi pone scutellum, singulatim maculisque tribus, 

 2 juxta suturam, altera extcriore notatis ; corpore infra toto albo- 

 squamoso ; femoribus tibiisque minus dense squamosis ; femoribua 

 posticis corpus haud superautibus. Long. 2| lin. 



Hah. Sarawak, Singapore, Penang (and Cambodia). 



The silaceous scales on the elytra are much smaller than 

 those on the prothorax. A specimen, also from Sarawak, 

 differs in having its markings pure ochre-yellow, and in its 

 longer rostrum less rugose at the base. 



Phylaitis. 



Rostrum tenuatum, basi cyHndricum haud compressum, liueatum, 

 apice subdepressum ; scrohes prsemedianai. Oculi permagui, con- 

 tigui. Sccqjus basin rostri vix attingens ; funiculus 6-articulatus, 

 articulis duabus basalibus, longioribus, oequalibus, caeteris trans- 

 versis vel subtrausversis ; clava basi elongata, vix pedunculata. 

 Protliorax transversus, basi bisinuatus. Elytra protborace vix 

 latiora, subcuneiformia, apicibus rotundata. Pedes elongati ; 

 femora modice incrassata, infra dentata, postica corpus longe 

 superantia; tibue graciles, longiuscula), anticso rectae, reliquis 



